Probability 1: The Book That Proves There Is Life in Outer Space - Softcover

Aczel, Amir D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156010801 ISBN 13: 9780156010801

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2009

Synopsis

For thousands of years, it was the visionaries and writers who argued that we cannot be alone-that there is intellegent life in the universe. Now, with the discoveries of the Hubble Telescope, data emerging from Mars, and knowledge about life at the extremes, scientists are taking up where they left off. Amir Aczel, author of Fermat's Last Theorem, pulls together everyting science has discovered, and mixes in proabability theory, to argure the case for the existence of intelligent life beyond this planet. Probability 1 is an extraordinary tour de force in which the author draws on cosmology, math, and biology to tell the rollicking good story of scientists tackling important scientific questions that help answer this fundamental question. What is the probability of intelligent life in the universe? Read this book, and you'll be convinced, by the power of the argument and the excitement of the science.

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About the Author

Amir D. Aczel, Ph.D. grew up on a ship and was navigating straits in the Mediterranean long before he could drive a car. The author of Fermat's Last Theorem, God's Equation, The Mystery of the Aleph, and Probability 1, he lives with his wife and daughter in the Boston area and teaches at Bentley College.

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0156010801
• ISBN 13: 9780156010801
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246